John Silber was a philosopher and academic. He served as president of Boston University from 1971-1996 and, after stepping down, became the school’s chancellor.
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Features November 2005
Science versus scientism
On the proven and unproven claims of science and faith.
Features May 1999
Procedure or dogma: the core of liberalism
The ninth in a series titled “The betrayal of liberalism”
Notebook June 1995
Obedience to the unenforcable
On the decaying domain of manners.